Hello party peoples,
I’m about to purchase a VMC 40 (VMC 2216) and wanted other opinions as to how to go about transporting it. I am trying to get it done without breaking the bank so I have though of a few options:
1) Rent a drop deck trailer (https://www.jlg.com/en/equipment/drop-deck-trailers/flatbed/1014) and pull the machine on to it with a winch.
Issue: the deck is only 70 inches wide while the machine is larger both in the X and Y. I would have to remove sheet metal to get it to fit. Or possibly remove anything pertruding passed the Z column to fit it sideways on the trailer.
2) Rent a 12ft tilt bed equipment trailer (https://www.felling.com/trailers/construction/drop-deck-lines/tilt-lines-drop-deck/it-i-tilt-drop-deck/) and pull the machine up using a winch.
Issue: A bit wider at 82” between the wheels but may work if the fenders don’t interfere with bottom of the sheet metal on the sides of the machine.
3) Suck it up and rent a forklift at the pickup location AND at home.
Issue: Too much money but I can pay. Don’t want to though.
4) Get a rigger. Probably not going to do this but it’s still an option. They are going to be $1k+ for all of 15 min of work.
For the first two options m, I was considering getting a couple pieces of 1” x 4’ or 5’ bar stock to roll the machine on. Question: is the bottom of this machine flat enough for this? There are also machine skates but Sunbelt charges way too much per day for them. Ridiculous.
Lastly, does anyone have any good pictures of the bottom of this machine and the fork holes? Kind of hard to plan this move without knowing what I can or can’t use/do.
I really would like to save a little money here to buy more tooling and stuff from the seller.
Thanks everybody